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Thu, 27 Jan 2022
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Defence Forces
Kieran O'Donnell
100. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the investment in equipment for the Defence Forces as part of the five-year equipment development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3916/22]
Thu, 27 Jan 2022
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Defence Forces
Kieran O'Donnell
142. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the work to improve recruitment and retention of personnel in the Defence Forces with a focus on presenting the option of a career in the Defence Forces to school leavers. [3917/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Local Government Reform
Kieran O'Donnell
71. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the legislation for the establishment of the first directly elected mayor in the country. [3305/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Vacant Properties
Kieran O'Donnell
114. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the support his Department is providing to help to reduce housing vacancy rates in local authority areas. [3306/22]
Thu, 16 Dec 2021
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Transport Policy
Kieran O'Donnell
10. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to extend the roll-out of the safe routes to school programme in 2022; the current status of the implementation of the programme for successful schools in counties Limerick and Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62254/21]
Thu, 16 Dec 2021
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Bus Services
Kieran O'Donnell
34. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport if he and his Department will support proposals from Shannon Airport for improved direct intercity bus services between Shannon Airport to Limerick city and Shannon Airport to Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62255/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Departmental Programmes
Kieran O'Donnell
91. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support provided by her Department to help maintain existing community centres and help communities establish new centres particularly in communities without a centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60158/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Kieran O'Donnell
95. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to provide further support such as that provided under the Covid Stability Programme given the ongoing challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60159/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Pensions Reform
Kieran O'Donnell
70. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the introduction of an auto-enrolment system [57831/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Social Welfare Schemes
Kieran O'Donnell
98. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of and the position regarding the changes to the carer’s allowance and the domiciliary care allowance announced in budget 2022. [57830/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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State Examinations
Kieran O'Donnell
61. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education her priorities for the reform of the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57336/21]
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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State Examinations
Kieran O'Donnell
69. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education if she is considering arrangements for a hybrid leaving certificate for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57335/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Kieran O'Donnell
548. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the scheduling of booster vaccines for persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55708/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Departmental Schemes
Kieran O'Donnell
101. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of received and granted applications for both residential and commercial properties under the living city initiative for Limerick city; his future plans to review and expand the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54420/21]
Thu, 4 Nov 2021
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Wildlife Regulations
Kieran O'Donnell
269. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53828/21]
Thu, 4 Nov 2021
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State Pensions
Kieran O'Donnell
304. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined [53827/21]
Thu, 4 Nov 2021
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State Pensions
Kieran O'Donnell
305. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53829/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Regeneration Projects
Kieran O'Donnell
286. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential and commercial applications received and granted under the living city initiative for Limerick city since its commencement by year to date in tabular form. [53069/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Kieran O'Donnell
102. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the way the €250 million allocation in Budget 2022 for addressing waiting lists will be disbursed; his plans to assist the HSE in alleviating hospital overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50904/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Health Services Staff
Kieran O'Donnell
873. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team (details supplied); his views on the fact that psychosocial support in diabetes care is not formally embedded as part of diabetes management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51226/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Health Services Staff
Kieran O'Donnell
874. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if a diabetes psychology resource will be provided to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Implementation Guide; his views on whether access to psychosocial support in these teams should be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51227/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Health Services Staff
Kieran O'Donnell
875. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on whether psychosocial support in paediatric diabetes care should be available in each team; the reason there is no access to this support outside of Dublin paediatric diabetes services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51228/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Health Services Staff
Kieran O'Donnell
876. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a clinical psychologist to the diabetes multidisciplinary team in University Hospital Limerick as soon as possible.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51229/21]
Thu, 14 Oct 2021
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Healthcare Policy
Kieran O'Donnell
190. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50261/21]
Thu, 14 Oct 2021
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Healthcare Policy
Kieran O'Donnell
191. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register; the reason there is no current register (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50262/21]
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
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Further and Higher Education
Kieran O'Donnell
74. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way the funding for capital works and equipment at higher and further education institutions in Limerick will be disbursed; and if the funding will be put to use in the 2021-2022 academic year. [49853/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Defence Forces
Kieran O'Donnell
239. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Defence if paid leave is provided to compensate for the period following overseas Army assignments abroad, independent of the normal annual leave entitlement of Army personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49523/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Departmental Correspondence
Kieran O'Donnell
324. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered a pre-budget submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49390/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Budget 2022
Kieran O'Donnell
420. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Education if she is considering proposals (details supplied) regarding schools funding as part of Budget 2022; her assessment of measures she may take in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48331/21]
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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Forestry Sector
Kieran O'Donnell
389. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence application by a person (details supplied); if the licence will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47367/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Budget 2022
Kieran O'Donnell
604. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if he has considered a pre-budget submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45953/21]
Wed, 22 Sep 2021
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Cycling Facilities
Kieran O'Donnell
279. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider extending the three year bike pilot initiative for the provision of high-quality upcycled bicycles and e-bikes for those on low incomes and or those who are most marginalised and disadvantaged to Limerick city given it is the only large city not included in the pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45543/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Kieran O'Donnell
511. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in progress in his Department through his engagement with NPHET, the HSE and the Department of Education to reduce the number of days that students, children and young adults in primary and secondary school that are close contacts of confirmed Covid-19 cases must isolate which is currently ten days (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45049/21]
Thu, 16 Sep 2021
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National Broadband Plan
Kieran O'Donnell
25. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the work underway in his Department to support the speed up the implementation of the National Broadband Plan; the position regarding Covid-19 and its impact on any penalties for delays in the implementation of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/21]
Thu, 16 Sep 2021
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Energy Conservation
Kieran O'Donnell
46. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans for future iterations of the warmer homes, better energy communities and SEAI schemes due to the need to ramp up retrofitting of homes, the need to fast-track current applications and delivery of such schemes; the current number of applications being processed by county and by the length of time for works to be carried out in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44225/21]
Thu, 16 Sep 2021
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Public Transport
Kieran O'Donnell
92. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Transport the progress in reducing the use of fossil fuels in the public transport fleet including the use of electric vehicles; the timeline for the use of such vehicles in cities such as Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44226/21]
Thu, 16 Sep 2021
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State Pensions
Kieran O'Donnell
245. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a full review will be undertaken of the social insurance record of a person (details supplied) with a view to awarding a higher rate of pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44331/21]
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Insurance Industry
Kieran O'Donnell
79. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the work to reform insurance with a view to reducing the cost on individual consumers and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43811/21]
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Kieran O'Donnell
130. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies by county that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme since its introduction; the closing date for this scheme; his plans to introduce further schemes to support businesses in the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43812/21]
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Housing Provision
Kieran O'Donnell
320. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a response will issue to a request in regard to fire defects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43552/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Data Centres
Kieran O'Donnell
40. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to assess the water and energy requirements for data centres; his views on the impact on water and energy provision in cities, towns and villages in which there is a data centre nearby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41455/21]
Thu, 9 Sep 2021
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Foreign Birth Registration
Kieran O'Donnell
416. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of plans to resume foreign births registration in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41887/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services Staff
Kieran O'Donnell
2228. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health when the three whole-time equivalent dietitian posts announced in January 2021 will be recruited as part of winter plan will commence their posts in University of Limerick Hospital adult diabetes services; and the portion of these posts that are assigned to adult diabetes care in the acute services in Limerick, Ennis and Nenagh diabetes clinics. [37075/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Hospital Services
Kieran O'Donnell
2229. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over the age of 18 years attending University of Limerick Hospitals Groups' adult diabetes service who are using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition. [37076/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Kieran O'Donnell
2230. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatient's diabetes clinic in University of Limerick Hospitals group; and the number who are waiting over 12, 24 and 36 months, over 4 and 5 years in tabular form. [37077/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Hospital Staff
Kieran O'Donnell
2231. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health when the University of Limerick Hospitals' adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing (details supplied) required to initiate the dose adjustment for normal eating structured education course aimed to help adults with type 1 diabetes lead as normal a life as possible whilst also maintaining blood glucose levels within healthy targets to reduce the risk of long-term diabetes complications; and when dose adjustment for normal eating will be operational in University of Limerick Hospital for adults with type 1 diabetes [37078/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Kieran O'Donnell
2615. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if he plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38402/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Kieran O'Donnell
2616. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if a submission for funding to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need in the National Service Plan 2021 was received from the HSE PCRS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38403/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Kieran O'Donnell
2617. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if he is expecting a submission for funding from the HSE PCRS to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need for inclusion in the National Service Plan 2022.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38404/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Kieran O'Donnell
2618. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if he has received a submission from the HSE PCRS recommending that the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is made available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38405/21]